Scholars and PhD students are invited to submit papers on the following themes: - Global imbalances and current world financial crisis; - System risks of banking and other financial institutions; - Causes, consequences and lessons of the current and past crises; - The rise of economic...

Key topics to be discussed: - An aircraft finance odyssey: Will the funding gap arrive in 2010? - Are LCC models faring better than the legacy carriers? - Liquidity management for airlines in a troubled world - How airlines managing through the downturn? - Is long term commercial bank financing...

The purpose is to bring together policy-makers, business representatives and academic experts to discuss and advance the policy agenda on the contributions of ICTs in the area of climate change and improving environmental performance.

Key issues to be discussed include: - China’s role as a global sourcing hub - Facilitating intra-Asia trade and expanding global trade flows - Export finance developments in Indonesia and Vietnam’s infrastructure sectors - The role of ECAs in supporting Asia’s growth - The increasing...